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Is Angela Merkel acting as the EU's vicar? (Photo: EPP (Flickr))

Who's punishing whom?

For the last 50 years, Germany has been on the lookout for an integrative force to bring together the states and peoples of Europe in a happy family. This year, it hit pay dirt, unwittingly: Europe, it seems, is increasingly united in its suspicion of Germany. With another financial bail-out brewing, the trend can only continue.

The reason is clear. In grand European projects where the EU governments are highly dependent on one another, Germany has apparently lost patience with the prin...

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Is Angela Merkel acting as the EU's vicar? (Photo: EPP (Flickr))

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